Luke 14:21
And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.’
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In Context
20And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’
22And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, lord, and there is still room.’
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.
Psalms 38:7So then, truly man passes by like an image; even so, he is disquieted in vain. He stores up, and he knows not for whom he will gather these things.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom forewarns far and wide; she bestows her voice in the streets.
Proverbs 9:3She has sent her maids to call out to the tower and to the fortified walls of the city,
Isaiah 35:6Then the disabled will leap like a buck, and the tongue of the mute will be untied. For the waters have burst forth in the desert, and torrents in solitary places.
Zechariah 11:7And I will pasture the flock of the slaughter, because of this, O poor of the flock. And I took to myself two staffs: the one I called Handsome, and the other I called Rope, and I pastured the flock.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:16-25
The Generous Invitations; The Neglected Feast. 15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see… Read the whole commentary →